29 March 2025 Community News Internet2 Community News Spotlight – March 2025 Edition Subscribe for more like this Share By Amber Rasche - Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2 This monthly feature spotlights timely community stories from Internet2 members, celebrating their achievements and sharing important announcements around their efforts to fulfill their research, education, and scholarship missions. Community News Recap – March 23-31 Student-Led Cybersecurity: Bridging Talent Gaps with AI at Auburn University (Campus Technology) University of Arkansas Awarded $750,000 to Increase Arkansas Data Science Workforce OARnet Increases Connectivity to Help Boost Tourism at State Lodges, Campgrounds OneNet’s 400G Network Takes Shape with an Upgraded Connection to Great Plains Network Florida State University’s Information Technology Services to Host Second Annual Technology Conference Virginia Cyber Range Unlocks New Challenges Through Capture the Flag Competitions (Virginia Tech) All About Peering: What It Is, How It’s Done, and Why We Need It (Internet Society) Community News Recap – March 16-22 Mining Data to Boost Collaborative Learning in Educational Games (NC State University) LONI Chooses University of Holy Cross as Host Site for the 2024 Summit NRP’s Vision: Open National Infrastructure for Research & Education Beyond R1 Institutions (CENIC) OneNet’s Senior Network Architect Inspired to Serve Oklahoma’s Schools, Colleges, Hospitals and Government Agencies Community News Recap – March 9-15 CENIC on the Path to a Native 800 Gbps California Research and Education Network Backbone Trusted CI 2024 Summit Report Now Available NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope (AURA) FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches New Tool for Farmers and Ranchers (USGS) Community News Recap – March 1-8 Building a Data Superhighway: How UMass Amherst is Expanding Research Capabilities through Network Upgrades CEN Announces Public Review of Program Guidance for $10M Community Wireless (Wi-Fi) Grant Program ICN Completes Southern Tier Network Upgrade in Iowa (Broadband Community) Three Ways NOAA Research Works to Improve Our Weather Forecast Researchers Use Computer Science To Save Bees (Carnegie Mellon University) Send feedback and share your institution’s stories for consideration to arasche@internet2.edu. About the Author(s) View Author Articles Amber Rasche arasche@internet2.edu Senior Communications Specialist, Internet2 Amber Rasche contributes to Internet2’s strategic communications and public relations efforts. She has 10 years of experience with the research and education community, serving previous roles in both higher education information technology and government high-performance network environments.